Rafael Nadal’s magnificent run to a 10th French Open title has earned the Spaniard a move into second in the latest ATP world rankings published on Monday.
The 'King of Clay' clinched his record-breaking tenth Roland Garros crown by thrashing Stan Wawrinka in a one-sided final for a 15th Grand Slam crown on Sunday.
Nadal, who had slipped to as low as 10th in the world in 2015, triumphed 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to become the first man in history to win the same major 10 times.
Nadal’s two-place jump was at the expense of Novak Djokovic, whose French Open quarter-final exit saw the Serb drop from second to fourth, his lowest ranking in eight years.
Andy Murray, beaten by Wawrinka in the semi-finals in Paris, continues to lead the list with Wawrinka treading water in third.
Surprise French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko has broken into the WTA Top 20 for the first time, jumping a huge 35 places, to climb to 12th in the latest rankings released on Monday.
The unseeded 20-year-old Latvian stunned favourite Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday, to become tennis's most unlikely Grand Slam champion.
Halep herself moved up two places to second in the world on the strength of her run to the final in Paris.
Ostapenko saw off Caroline Wozniacki in the quarter-finals and the Dane's progress to the last four saw her climb five rungs to seventh.
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